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A Rulebook for Argumentsby Anthony Weston
Hackett Publishing Company, Inc. 2008; US$ 6.95A Rulebook for Arguments is a succinct introduction to the art of writing and assessing arguments, organized around specific rules, each illustrated and explained soundly but briefly. This widely popular primer?translated into eight languages?remains the first choice in all disciplines for writers who seek straightforward guidance about how to assess arguments and how to cogently construct them. more...
Five Dialoguesby Plato; G. M. A. Grube
Hackett Publishing Company, Inc. 2009; US$ 6.45The second edition of Five Dialogues presents G. M. A. Grube?s distinguished translations, as revised by John Cooper for Plato, Complete Works. A number of new or expanded footnotes are also included along with an updated bibliography. more...
The Trial and Death of Socratesby Plato; G. M. A. Grube; John M. Cooper
Hackett Publishing Company, Inc. 2010; US$ 4.95The third edition of The Trial and Death of Socrates presents G. M. A. Grube?s distinguished translations, as revised by John Cooper for Plato, Complete Works. A number of new or expanded footnotes are also included along with a Select Bibliography. more...
Apologyby Plato; Benjamin Jowett
The Floating Press 2011; US$ 3.99This historically renowned oration was presented by Socrates in his own defense after he had been formally accused of corrupting the youth of Athens. It is not an apology in the traditional sense of expressing remorse for one's actions; rather, Socrates' Apology (recorded by his faithful student and protege Plato) is a succinct and compelling defense of the brilliant philosopher's worldview, lifestyle, and teaching methods. A rewarding read for fans of philosophy and supporters of... more...
Utilitarianismby John Stuart Mill; George Sher
Hackett Publishing Company, Inc. 2009; US$ 4.45This expanded edition of John Stuart Mill?s Utilitarianism includes the text of his 1868 speech to the British House of Commons defending the use of capital punishment in cases of aggravated murder. The speech is significant both because its topic remains timely and because its arguments illustrate the applicability of the principle of utility to questions of large-scale social policy. more...
Beyond Freedom and Dignityby B.F. Skinner
Hackett Publishing Company, Inc. 2009; US$ 9.40In this profound and profoundly controversial work, a landmark of 20th-century thought originally published in 1971, B. F. Skinner makes his definitive statement about humankind and society. more...
Discourse on Method and Meditations on First Philosophyby René Descartes; Donald A. Cress
Hackett Publishing Company, Inc. 2010; US$ 8.50Contains Donald Cress?s complete revisions of his 1979 translation of the Meditations and Discourse on Method. more...
Grounding for the Metaphysics of Moralsby Immanuel Kant; James W. Ellington
Hackett Publishing Company, Inc. 2010; US$ 7.50This expanded edition of James Ellington?s preeminent translation includes Ellington?s new translation of Kant?s essay ?Of a Supposed Right to Lie Because of Philanthropic Concerns? in which Kant replies to one of the standard objections to his moral theory as presented in the main text: that it requires us to tell the truth even in the face of disastrous consequences. more...
Symposiumby Plato; Paul Woodruff; Alexander Nehamas
Hackett Publishing Company, Inc. 1989; US$ 7.95"A model of the kind of text one needs for lecture courses: the translation is extremely readable and made even more accessible by intelligent printing decisions (on dividing the text, spacing for clarification, etc.); the notes are kept to a minimum but appear when they are really needed for comprehension and are truly informative. And the introduction admirably presents both basic information and a sense of current scholarly opinion.". ?S. G. Nugent, Princeton University. "A fantastic book. Translation is graceful and elegant yet uncannily accurate. Footnotes very useful, especially for teaching purposes, and the price is surprisingly low.". ?Eve Browning Cole, University of Minnesota. Paul Woodruff is Professor of Philosophy,... more...
Meditations on First Philosophyby René Descartes; Donald A. Cress
Hackett Publishing Company, Inc. 1993; US$ 5.25Descartes's Meditations on First Philosophy , the fundamental and originating work of the modern era in Western philosophy, is presented here in Donald Cress's completely revised edition of his well-established translation, bringing this version even closer to Descartes's original, while maintaining its clear and accessible style. "The new version of Cress's translation of Descartes's Meditations has attained an unusually high degree of readability . . . and at the same time, of fidelity to the original.". ?Roger Ariew, University of South Florida , and Marjorie Grene (1910-2009), Virginia Polytechnic Institute more...